Venue: Boca Raton Synagogue Boca Raton Synagogue

Machshava:

Anti-Semitism 

Description

Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl delivered the first lecture in a five-part series on the history of antisemitism, focusing on its roots in early Christianity and its evolution through the Enlightenment. He defined antisemitism as hatred of Jews due to their Jewishness and traced its development through two key Christian claims: deicide (the charge that Jews killed Jesus) and supersessionism (the idea that Christianity has replaced Judaism). The lecture explored how these concepts led to Jews being portrayed as agents of evil in Christian texts, culminating in the Crusades where Jews were targeted and killed. The series will continue with subsequent lectures addressing the Enlightenment period and its impact on modern antisemitism.